Since sky hasn’t fallen twice now, stop believing Democrats, media

Saturday

Nov 16, 2013 at 12:01 AM

First, it was the sequester in March. The president, playing the role of Chicken Little, said the sky was going to fall. Democrats, playing the role of Henny Penny, echoed that refrain and added that the world was going to come to an end. The media, playing the role of Turkey Lurkey, repeated the mantra over and over.

The sequester was a 2.2 percent cut in the rate of growth of the government, not a real cut but a cut in the growth rate — total outlays would still go up.

ABC reported that leaders in government predicted “57 Terrible Consequences of the Sequester,” including disruptions in air travel, longer TSA lines, pest-infested crops, nationwide meat and poultry shortages, less secure borders, more homeless, higher risks of terrorism, and on and on. In reality, few noticed and was the sky didn’t fall.

Then, several weeks ago, Chicken Little and Henny Penny were at it again when the shutdown started. Of course, all the Turkey Lurkeys gave us 24/7 coverage of the world coming to an end.

The national parks were closed. The Rep reported that 30 workers in Stark were furloughed but got unemployment and would get back pay when the shutdown ended.

Most people were unaffected by the shutdown, and the sky didn’t fall.

Eighty percent of the government stayed open. The 20 percent that was cut — the non-essential workers — is roughly the size of the deficit this year.

The shutdown and the sequester taught us we can live with a smaller government, don’t have to run a yearly deficit or steal from future generations, and the world did not end.

More important, we don’t have to believe what the Turkey Lurkeys and the Henny Pennys say.